RTC: Appropriate Learning Programme

School PD e-learning November 2015- I worked with year 7&8 students on an arts unit where students opted in to different activity. The enthusiasm of the students made teaching them a pleasure. Here is a link to the http://creativityintelligencefun.blogspot.co.nz/ 22/2/15 Researching material for "Thinking through Drama" presentation for the the Chch Association for Gifted Education Symposium, http://www.victoria.ac.nz/education/pdf/jhc-symposium/winter-2013/J-Dean-K-Cheetham-winter-research-presentation-2013.pdf This beautifully presented article documents to the creative process in early childhood eductaion through a student portfolio. It reflects on the importance of imagination, which comes so naturally to preschoolers but is harder to find in older children and is so necessary in the rapidly changing workplace of the 21st century. 8/02/15 Finalising Course outlines and Achievement standars for 2015- student will choose an appropriate assessment . Term 1 - NZ Theatre, Term 2 Shakespeare's Rome and Juliet, Term 3 Political theatre and issues of war, we will see Once on Chunul Bair and link NZ history of war to look at what is happening in the present day. Juniors- not sure where to go with yea 8 as I have just learned that we will have Drama all term - 10 lessons, which is twive what we had last year. I need some solid content connected to their kete. 25/01/2015 Year 9: Connected Curriculum- working with Rowena's template I have established folders for each Kete; prepared a unit plan starter by adding  from previous Unit plan any relevant material. Have sorted resources into appropriate kete. Have deleted or archived material on staff pool- Drama folder. 1/1/15- working on NCEA progression using NZQA template and doing a chart for curriculum progression yr 7-13 setting up year 9 site for blogs - https://sites.google.com/a/hornby.school.nz/drama-at-hornby-high-school/ http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/01/how-integrating-arts-into-other-subjects-makes-learning-come-alive/?utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=buffer46508&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Very relevant to what we are doing intergrating our junior college curriculum. I am now following this Mindshift blog. 6. conceptualise, plan and implement an appropriate learning programme

i. articulate clearly the aims of their teaching, give sound professional reasons for adopting these aims, and implement them in their practice ii. through their planning and teaching, demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of relevant content, disciplines and curriculum documents